Abu al-Karam Lahiq al-Artahi

أبو الكرم لاحق الأرتاحي

c. June 1260 CE · Jumada II 658 AH

Cairo

The Artahi Hanafi — sole ijaza-heir of al-Mubarak; 'devout, self-restrained'; d. Egypt Jumada II 658 1.

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Roles
Scholar · muhaddith
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile · Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abagha Khan · Abu Bakr ibn Qawam al-Balisi · Abu Shama al-Dimashqi · Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani · Afif al-Din ibn Mazru'

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Cairo

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Place in the story

    sunni-hanafi (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Overview

    Abu 'Ali Lahiq al-Artahi, the Hanafi — sole heir of al-Mubarak's ijaza; devout and self-restrained, the younger Zaki 'Abd al-'Azim transmitting from him; he heard from his great-uncle 'Abd Allah al-Artahi and died in Egypt in Jumada II 658 1.

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    Died in
    Cairo

    People and things also explored

    Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663

    Sources

    1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 304
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